De Queen boys fall in the semi-finals

DIERKS -- Horatio dropped two conference games at Dierks Jan. 11.

FOREMAN – Horatio won two conference games at Foreman Jan. 8.

State tournament sites for spring semester sports have been announced by the Arkansas Activities Association.

The Lady Leopards upped their conference record to 4-0 with a blowout win over visiting Hope, but the De Queen boys came up four points short Jan. 8.

KIRBY — The De Queen juniors made a non-conference trip to Kirby Jan. 7.

MALVERN — The Lady Leopard offense ignited late in the game as De Queen recorded a 48-31 win at Malvern Jan. 12.

BRADLEY — The Horatio girls took a 65-46 non-conference win at Bradley Jan. 7.

VANDERVOORT — The Lady Leopards got off to a slow start and were shaky at the end but prevailed in the finals of the Cossatot River tournament Jan. 12. De Queen topped the host team 46-43 in a game whose final minutes left the crowd exhausted.

HARRISON -- The UA Cossatot Colts fell to North Arkansas College 109-74 Jan. 4.

After two year’s away from the game. Tristan Snider is returning to the gridiron. Snider, an all-state center for De Queen in 2016, has signed a letter of intent with Henderson State University. Pictured with the signee are his parents Linda Snider and Steve Snider.

RUSSELLVILLE -- The De Queen girls went 2-1 in the Holiday Hoops for Hunger tournament at Russellville Dec. 27-28.

Spring semester sports started before the spring semester. De Queen began by hosting Mena for senior high games Jan. 4. Each school claimed a W.

Horatio is well represented on the 5AAA all-conference team.

Eight De Queen football players were named all-conference and one all-state.

NASHVILLE — Meeting as conference rivals for the first time in seven years, each team claimed a win when the Leopards and Scrappers clashed Dec. 18 at Nashville.

Dakota Frachiseur of Horatio signs a letter of intent to play baseball at Southern Arkansas University. The Lion left handed pitcher is surrounded by family members including, sitting from left: father Rick Frachiseur, sister Savannah, mother Karri. In back are grandparents Shirley and Mouse…

The De Queen senior high basketball teams opened 7AAAA play by splitting wins with visiting Arkadelphia Dec. 14.

MURFREESBORO—Horatio won two games at Murfreesboro Dec. 11.

DIERKS — The Horatio girls edged Dierks, 58-57, in overtime Dec. 10.

The De Queen junior high teams had a week on the road starting at Malvern.

De Queen’s junior girls  defeated Arkadelphia for the second time of the season, this time on the road. The final of the Dec. 13 contest was 50-18.

In the Lions’ last game before the Christmas break, Horatio dropped a 67-58 decision to visiting Gurdon Dec. 14.

De Queen won one and lost one to visiting Centerpoint Dec. 7.

It was rough night for the Lions as visiting Cossatot River downed both senior teams as well as the junior boys on Dec. 4.

Colt Chase Ewing takes the ball to the hoop in UA-Cossatot’s clash with National Park College.

The De Queen junior high teams dropped two games to visiting Nashville Dec. 3.

MENA — Both De Queen teams lost and won one at Mena’s four school junior high tournament Dec. 5-6.

The Legacy Academy Lady Warriors (top) celebrated their first victory on Friday, Dec. 7. The junior varsity team defeated Cornerstone Christian from Tillar, Ark. The Lady Warriors took the lead in the first quarter and maintained their lead the remainder of the game. The final score was 38-7…

De Queen High School senior Malik Beasley took home the De Queen Rotary Club’s annual Rotary Cup award, that was given to him at the club’s meeting on Monday, Dec. 10 at the Mary Pop’s restaurant. The prestigious award has been given to the high school’s top athlete since 1936. The 17-year-o…

ASHDOWN — The Leopards and the Panthers each got a win when De Queen traveled to Ashdown Nov. 27 for the first senior high basketball games after the Thanksgiving break.

The Cubs and Arkadelphia split wins when the Badgers visited De Queen Nov. 29.

FOUKE — The De Queen junior girls had no trouble demolishing Fouke 46-12.

The UA Cossatot Colts fell to ASU Mid South 112-63 Saturday afternoon in the Bank of Lockesburg Historic Gym.

FOUKE — De Queen’s boys won big, but the girls came up a couple of points short at Fouke on the last night of November.

De Queen’s Asael Sanchez signs a letter of intent with Rich Mountain College in Mena. Sanchez is one of the first signees for the college’s new cross country team. Parents Benito and Yolanda Sanchez accompany their son at the signing ceremony.

Hector Hernandez of De Queen signs a letter of intent with Southern Arkansas University. Hernandez will compete in track and cross country for the Muleriders. He is pictured with his parents Liborio and Maria Hernandez.

FOUKE —  A strong fourth quarter was enough for Fouke to get by Horatio 64-59 in a Nov. 15 game at the Panthers’ gym.

There were smiles aplenty at the Cossatot Colts’ first home game Nov. 19 in the remodeled Lockesburg gym.

LOCKESBURG —  Experience topped enthusiasm in the first home game ever for the UA-Cossatot basketball club. The home team’s newly renovated gym has seen a lot of action, but the home team has not. In the second game in team history, the Colts fell to the Mustangs of Central Baptist College 8…

Bob Edgin was the winner of the Nov. 15 football contest. Claudine Tompkins accepted for Edgin  a check for $25 and t-shirt. With Tompkins is Sandy Halter, owner of Wilson Real Estate Sales, one of the contest sponsors. Runner-up last week was DeAnna Bromsley.

Neither school went home empty handed when the Prescott girls visited Horatio Nov. 13. The visitors took the senior high game while the home team won in junior high.

De Queen and visiting Cossatot River split wins on the Leopards’ last game date before the Thanksgiving break. One game was close; one was not.

Horatio and De Queen each claimed a win in junior high basketball Nov. 12.

DIERKS  — The Leopards and Outlaws split wins in senior high games Nov. 13 at Dierks.

NASHVILLE — De Queen teams went 1-3 in the Nashville junior high tournament.

J.P. Johnson, left, accepts a check on behalf of his daughter-in-law, Cathy Johnson, winner of last week’s football contest. Johnson won  a check for $25 and t-shirt. With J.P. Johnson is Justin Baker representing Baker’s Towing and Recovery, one of the contest sponsors. Runner-up last week …

Basketball began at Leopard Arena with the De Queen junior girls taking two games from mismatched Murfreesboro Nov. 5.

The first basketball action of the season at Horatio was an all boys affair with the Lions taking on Spring Hill.

The Paul Dean era for Lady Leopard basketball began with a lot of offense. De Queen scored 139 points in two games in the annual season opening Lady Leopard Classic.

It was an old time defensive struggle with only one scoring play in the game. Unfortunately for Horatio, that play was made by Fouke. The Lions suffered a season ending 6-0 loss to the visiting Panthers Nov. 1.